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DOES PRIVATIZATION REALLY BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OR JUST THE WEALTHY FEW? 

DOES PRIVATIZATION REALLY BENEFIT THE PEOPLE OR JUST THE WEALTHY FEW? By Duncan R. Shaw, PhD Madrid, 20 August 2022 As Britain sweats through the hottest and driest summer on record, an acrimonious debate has started about the consequences of the privatization process unleashed on the country 40 years ago by Margaret Thatcher. The pretext …

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THE ALEX JONES VERDICT: IS THIS THE WAY TO STOP ‘FAKE NEWS’?

THE ALEX JONES VERDICT: IS THIS THE WAY TO STOP ‘FAKE NEWS’? By Professor Duncan Richard Shaw Madrid, 6 August 2022 At the beginning of each of my courses at Schiller, I spend time making sure my new students know the difference between fact and opinion. I have been doing this since around 2000, when …

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JOE STRUMMER: OUR GREAT POET OF PROTEST

JOE STRUMMER: OUR GREAT POET OF PROTEST By Duncan R. Shaw, PhD Madrid, 1 August 2022 This long hot ‘Summer of Discontent ‘ has seen presidential palaces and parliaments stormed by people inflamed by global warning and corruption – and furious at rising prices. In countries as diverse as Sri Lanka, Argentina, Libya and Iraq, …

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